baresip+ vs ThreatScoopOnionChat
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
baresip+
This is a baresip based SIP User Agent application for Android. Currently baresip+ app supports voice/video calling, voice conferences, text messaging, voicemail Message Waiting Indication, as well as blind and attended call transfers. Voice can be codec with Opus, AMR, Codec2, G.729, G.726, G.722, G.722.1, and PCMU/PCMA, codecs. Video can be coded with VP9, VP8, H.265, H.264, and AV1 codecs. Security is achieved via TLS or WSS signalling transport and ZRTP or (DTLS) SRTP media encapsulation. Motivated by need for a secure SIP user agent for Android that does not depend on third party push notification services. This application can be installed on Android devices running Android version 9 or later. Source code is available at GitHub, where also issues can be reported.
ThreatScoopOnionChat
# ThreadScoopOnionChat This version is a fork from " https://github.com/session-foundation/session-android ", enfocado en la privacidad. ## How Did ThreadScoopOnionChat Come About? I have always been a fan of privacy and security in communications, and I am constantly researching potential security breaches in messaging applications. ThreadScoopOnionChat emerged after the analysis of this blog "https://soatok.blog/2025/01/14/dont-use-session-signal-fork/", in which several aspects are described as to why using Session is not recommended, and I wondered how it is possible that a foundation focused on privacy—with the grants and support it receives—has not been able to improve this protocol. I still do not understand the answer, since my resources are much smaller than those of a foundation compared to that of a person who is simply a fan of privacy and security. In this blog, certain problems were described: 1> "https://soatok.blog/2025/01/14/dont-use-session-signal-fork/#insufficient-entropy-ed25519" 2> "https://soatok.blog/2025/01/14/dont-use-session-signal-fork/#in-band-negotiation" 3> "https://soatok.blog/2025/01/14/dont-use-session-signal-fork/#public-keys-aes-gcm" This is a forked version privacy focussed from Session. Go Github to check all features implemented.
| Feature | baresip+ | ThreatScoopOnionChat |
|---|---|---|
| License | BSD-3-Clause | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | SMSMessagingBrowser | SMSMessagingBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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